Tobacco-moistener.



E. G. MADARY. TOBAGGO MOISTENER. APPLICATION FILED JAN.25, 1909.

964,442, I Patented July 12, 1910.

avumutoz UNITED STATES FATENT rrion EDWARD C. MADARY, OF TRAVERSE CITY, HIGH EGAN.

ToBncco-Moisrnnna.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July is, rare.

Application filed January 25, 1909. Serial No. 474,116.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I EDWARD C. MADARY, a

'oitizen of the United States, residing at primarily, although not exclusively, to be mounted in show-cases and like receptacles, for the purpose of moistening tobacco therein contained.

The objects of the invention are, generally,the provision, in a merchantable form, of a device of the above 'mentioned class, which shall be inexpensive to manufacture, facile in operation, and devoid of compli cated parts; specifically, the provision of a tank of novel and improved construction; the provision of novel means for heating the water or other liquid contained in the tank; the provision of novel means for controlling, automatically, the temperature of the liquid in the tank as it is raised by the heating means; other and further objects being made manifest hereinafter as the description of the invention progresses.

The invention consists in the novel con struction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, delineated iirtlie accol'npanying drawings and particularly pointed out in that portion of the instrument wherein patentable novelty is claimed for certain distinctive features ofthe'device, it being understood that, within the scope of what is hereinafter claimed, divers changes in the form, proportions, size and minor details of the structure may be made, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to denote corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the draw in s.

In the accompanying draw1ngs:-l*igurc 1 shows my '111VeI1t1011 in vertical longitudinal section; Fig. 2 is a top plan thereof.

In carrying out my invention, 1 provide,

primarily, a tank, denoted generally by the chamber 2 is downwardly rolon ed to extend into the tank 1, and t c said chamber is suitably covered by a lid 4, which may be of any form.

The chamber 2 is provided with a transversely disposed floorin 5, which is coextensive with the cham er itself, and beneath the flooring 5 and spaced apart therefromis a relatively narrow transversely disposed cross-piece 6. From the exterior of the chamber 2 a bracket 7 projects radially over the tank 1, and this bracket is provided at its outer terminal with a socket 9, designed to receive an ordinary incandescent lamp 8. The socket 9 may be assembled with the bracket 7 in any suitable manner; if desired, the socket may be provided with threaded lugs extending upward through the bracket 7, and arranged to receive thumb-nuts 22. Mounted on the chamber 2, upon its exterior and preferably near to the top of said chamber,is another socket- 10, designed to receive a plu or other means whereby the device may be rought into an electrical circuit.

1 further provide. expansible disks 11, which are rigidly mounted upon the crosspiece 6. Rising from the disks 11 is a standard 12, arranged to reciprocate in an opening provided for its reception in the floor 5. Mounted in the upper terminal of the standard 12 is a conductor 13, one end of the same being operatively connected with the socket 10. The opposite terminal of the conductor 13 carries a flattened portion 15, said portion being provided with aninteriorly threaded opening arranged to receive a threaded element 14, having a head 21, which, if desired, may be fashioned from any suitable insulating material. Mounted follows :The tank 1 is placed within a show-case or other receptacle, the air of which it is desired to humidify. The tank is then filled with water to a point well up on the globe of the lamp 8, the device being The practical operation of my device is as placed in an electrical circuit by means of the socket 10. The contacts 1 2 and 17 being together, the lamp is turned on in the usual manner. The temperature of the globe of the lamp Will rise, and, as it rises, Will heat the liquid in the tank 1 into which the globe of the lamp dips. As the temperature of the Water in the tank 1 rises, it will throw off aqueous vapor of loW tension, the air in the chamber 2 being heated at the same time. As the temperature of the air in the chamber 2 rises the temperature 0% .the expansible disks 11 Will rise, and they will expand, lifting the contact point 14+: from the contact point 17 and breaking the circuit through the lamp 8. The temperature otthe liquid in the tank 1 will then fall, and, as the disks llcontract the contact point 141 Will again be brought downward upon the contact point 17, relighting the lamp, whereupon the temperature ofthe liquid in the tank 1 will again. rise, the proccess being repeated automatically.

By increasingthe number ot the lamps 8 and by varying their candle power, a tank of any size may be heated, and the air of a receptacle of any size humidified.

The threaded element 14 tili'nisliesz a means whereby the contact may be adjusted, and it will be seen that although the ex pansible disks 11 are so positioned as ,to'respond quickly to any temperature caanges in the tank, the conductors and the contact mechanism are located above the flooring; 5 and disposed in a relatively dry compart- 'ment.

I have shown the chamber 2 as being provicled Witha lid 4, in order to protect the contact mechanism, but it'is obvious that, ii": desired, thus lid 4 may be dispensed with entirely.

The contact points 14: and 17 may be fa'phioned from any material; platinum being? preferred;

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as newyand desire toprotect, by Letters Patent, is

A device of the class described comprising a tank having a chamber risingtrom one end thereof; a heating device arranged to dip into the tank; a floor located in the chamber and arranged to divide the chamber intc separate compartments; an electric conductor operatively connected "with the heating device and extending through the chamber above the floor, the conductor being broken Within the chamber and having me of its terminals secured tp the floor; eX- pansible' disks supported (below the floor; a standard connected with one of the disks and arranged to reciprocate in the floor, the standard constituting a support itor the other terminal of the conductor; and an ad- [ustable contact carried by the last named terminal and adapted to bear on the floor supported terminal.

in testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence or" two Witnesses.

EDNARD C. MADARYQ l/Vitnesses:

Z. W. Tnnroa,

1i Hilton, 

